Topps got back in the 2010 football card game thanks in large part to Upper Deck, who couldn’t come up with the licensing payment on time to the NFLPA. That allowed Topps an opportunity to jump back in and their first release of 2010 will be classic Topps.

The base cards share the same design as 2010 Topps Baseball, and many of the insert and parallel cards also draw on past Topps concepts. They were under the gun, so to speak, to get this set out, since just a few months ago Topps didn’t have a license to produce NFL cards. Overall, the cards look well done, and collectors will be excited to have Topps aboard for 2010.

2010 Topps Football Base Set Checklist9 per Hobby Pack – 44 per Jumbo Pack
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New for 2010 Topps Football are the 75th NFL Draft Anniversary Cards. The most interesting cards are the Cut Signatures, which features every #1 NFL Draft Pick from 1936 – 2010. These cards will be serial numbered 1/1 and will fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market. Check out all the 2010 Topps Football NFL Draft 75th Anniversary Cards below.

Topps Football History Insert CardsTopps does a lot of vintage and retro sets in their baseball line, now they have extended it over to the NFL, with their all new Topps Football History Insert Cards. These will be fairly easy to get, so these would be good cards to pick up on eBay if you are on a tight budget.

The ‘1952 Bowman Football Reprints’ are a nice addition. The 50 card insert set will feature current NFL players as well as former players who appeared in the original 1952 Bowman Football set.

Topps ’55th Anniversary Reprints’ will take 20 past Topps Football designs but put a modern spin on it with current NFL stars. I hope they throw in some 1990’s stuff (my era of collecting:)

2010 Topps Football ‘When They Were Young’ Insert Cards will have 25 current NFL players, but have photos of them back in their Pop Warner days.